Really Small and Fan-less

The D1 is 67% smaller than a Small Form Factor (SFF) PC from Fujitsu Siemens, HP, or Dell and a fraction of the weight (1.4 kg versus 8kg on average). It’s passively cooled so there are no noisy fans. With the SSD option there are no moving parts and complete (0dB) silence. The hard drives are selected for quietness and are not audible in an office environment.

Perfect for Office Use

With 2 x 1.66 GHz Intel Atom CPU, 4GB RAM, and Gigabit LAN, the D1 offers more than adequate performance for general office and light multimedia tasks in a smaller package and with much less power consumption that competing corporate PCs. The 40GB hard drive or super fast SSD both have plenty of space to store files.

Averages Just 20 Watts, more than 80% less than SFFs

There is a lot of misinformation about power consumption out there. We’ve tested HP and Fujitsu SFF PCs using a Watt Meter and found typical power consumption at 100-110W. By using the new Intel Atom Pine Trail processor and notebook components we’ve brought that way down. Even with the DVD-RW drive running and the processor at max, it peaks at just 28 Watts.

Fully Tested With Windows 7

Not only will the D1 run XP and Vista but we’ve thoroughly tested it with Windows 7. Note: For greater flexibility, we don’t pre-package the D1 with XP instead letting our corporate and institutional customers install their own licensed XP or Vista image. For consumers, we provide the D1 with Ubuntu 9.10, our favourite operating system.

Boots Ubuntu Linux in 18 Seconds
(12 seconds with SSD)

Thanks to the high speed desktop drives we’re using, the pre-installed new Ubuntu 9.10 OS (released October 29th, 2009) takes just 18 seconds to boot (measured from GRUB loading to login screen).

The D1 is really small – just 20 cm (7.9″) across, 7.4 cm (2.9″) tall, and 30.5 cm (12″) deep. No fan so it’s silent as well.

Here’s what it looks like sitting underneath a 19″ Lenovo monitor.